Paul P. Amyotte (PhD Technical University of Nova Scotia) is a professor in industrial safety and loss management at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Dalhousie University in Canada.

His research addresses issues of industrial safety and loss management through a combination of careful experimentation, phenomenological modeling, and analytical tool development. The long-term goal of his research programs is to provide engineering methodologies for the enhancement of industrial safety. His research topics includes dust explosion prevention and mitigation ; hybrid mixture explosions; process safety management; inherent safety; human factors and quantitative risk assessment.

He has published a range of scientific papers within these topics. Dr. Amyotte is a member of the Canadian Engineering Qualifications Board and is a chair in the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering.